Asia InCH – Encyclopedia of Intangible Cultural Heritage – Open educational resource on the intangible cultural heritage of the traditional arts, crafts and textiles and their practitioners and transmitters in South Asia

Highlights

Stimulating Deliberation

Hand-Block Printing

Wooden Block Making for Hand Printing in Pethapur, Gujarat

Craft Revival Trust

Stone

Stone Carving of Uttar Pradesh

Craft Revival Trust

Cane, Bamboo

Cane & Bamboo of Arunachal Pradesh

Craft Revival Trust

Games, Toys, Dolls, Kites, Sports

Rod Puppetry of West Bengal

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Natural Fiber

Coir Toys of Odisha

Craft Revival Trust

Safeguarding

A Hundred Charmers in Concert

Dutt, Bahar

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Credit Flow to the Handloom Sector

Kanitkar, Dr. Ajit

Advocacy

Nineteenth Century Textile Technology in India

Uzramma

Micro-history / Art History

Artisans and Academics

McComb, Jessie F.

Micro-history / Art History

Alternative Entrepreneurship in Thailand

Jongeward, Carolyn

Micro-history / Art History

Craft Design and Public Awareness

McComb, Jessie F.

Advocacy

The Currency of Dil Bhavna

Chatterjee, Ashoke

Asia Inch Podcasts/Videos

Innovations

Discover transformative innovations and inventions that reframe and regenerate processes and techniques.

Collections, Exhibits and Ephemera

Explore rarely seen collections of objects. In addition browse through exhibitions and displays that are bound in time and space.

Bibliography

Over 10,000 bibliographic listings on the arts, traditional crafts, design, heritage, culture - intangible and tangible, its practitioners, its history and associated studies.

Glossary

This guide has been conceived as an introductory survey to the rich, varied, specialized and often unfamiliar vocabulary used to describe crafts and textiles.